Love You Always: Julia + Rory's Romantic Ballyvolane House Wedding

For their wedding day Julia and Rory did not want a dominant theme, no unnecessary frills and no big fuss - instead they wanted to focus entirely on their love for each other, and those who are nearest and dearest to them. In doing so, Julia and Rory had a wonderfully intimate country house wedding at Ballyvolane House, with a hint of humour added in with (thoroughly researched) Father Ted place names. Romantic to a fault, today's wedding by Tomasz Kornas is one you'll fall in love with...

Julia remembers how they first met and fell in love as students..."We met on a night out with mutual friends in Galway in 2003. We knew each other, as we lived in the same student village, however we did not know each other very well. Rory approached me on the dance floor in a night club in Galway. Apparently one of my first questions to him was “What's your five year plan?”"

Such beautiful and intimate getting ready surroundings at Ballyvolane...

To propose Rory brought Julia to the beautiful Dromoland Castle, where he surprised her by the lily pond. Julia recounts..."Rory took me to Dromoland Castle in Clare for a weekend and we went for a walk around the grounds of the castle. He took me down to the lily pond which has a walk way right to the centre of the pond with a raised step on it. He put me up on the step and asked me 3 questions do you love me? Will you always love me? And, will you marry me? He reminded me on our wedding day that I was afraid to walk to the middle of the pond in case the crocodiles got me!"

On the wedding morning Julia and Rory opted for a first look before their ceremony - resulting in lots of tears and some gorgeous sentimental pictures by Tomasz Kornas.

Following their first look Julia and Rory joined the rest of the wedding party, including Julia's gorgeous bridesmaids dressed in sparkling navy bridesmaid dresses.

Focusing on their vows and promises to each other, Rory and Julia had a traditional church ceremony with simple romantic wedding flowers by Bloomsday.

Such fab happy smiles!

Focusing on themselves as a couple, Julia and Rory kept styling and a specific wedding theme to a minimum. Julia explains..."We chose quality and things we liked and it all came together. We did not want a specific theme to our day. It's a wedding day, where two people are agreeing to spend the rest of their lives together. Once we made the decisions and were happy with the choices, the theme was simply 'us'."

Not a naturally crafty pair Julia and Rory also avoided DIY, apart from one exception. Julia told us..."While Rory is good at DIY, I couldn't pretend to be. We both have fairly busy lives as well and decided to leave all aspects, bar one, to the professionals. The only aspect Rory undertook was to make the table names and decide on the relevant table name (all Fr Ted characters) that was appropriate for each table and a quotation from that character. This required numerous hours spent watching Fr Ted which we cannot complain about. However, given the hours that went into this we are glad we did not decide to do any additional DIY."

A huge congratulations to you both, and thanks so much for sharing your wedding day with us all! A big thank you also to Tomasz Kornas Photography for sharing his work with us. To see more from Tomasz Kornas Photography visit www.tomaszkornas.com